WASHINGTON WEEK | Feb. 1, 2008 Webcast Extra | PBS

In this half-hour online-only extra, Washington Week moderator Gwen Ifill and panel broadcast from the Alex Theatre in Glendale, California.

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[djlegionhardtek]

VOTE RON PAUL

just to let you know I am 30 and this will be the first time I have ever voted

I alway felt the elections have been rigged and they may be

but for the first time in my life I feel that I need to voice my opinion and vote for Ron Paul because HE SPEEKS THE CONSTITUTION and that is something worth fighting for.

I have had my rights violated and I don't wont to be jerked around any more

STAND UP AND FIGHT FOR YOUR RIGHTS AND VOTE FOR THE CHAMPION OF OUR CONSTITUTION

[The1dle]

Funny how they never mention Ron Paul when it comes to economic issues...

[MusiciansMallet]

I love Ron Paul but the truth is libertarianism doesn't work in modern economies. We saw this in the Great Depression where the non-interventionist policies of the past 100 years led to poor corporate oversite, exploitation of workers and shareholders, and market failure. It was FDR's "socialist" policies and involvement in WWII that brought us out of that rut. Two policies that Paul and other libertarians oppose.

Its these "socialist" policies that turn would-be depressions into recessions.

[MusiciansMallet]

They don't mention Ron Paul b/c libertarian policies don't work in modern economies. Remember the great depression? Well, FDR's "socialist" ideologies brought us out of that (along w/ WWII, the involvement in which Paul and other libertarians oppose). Hoover, an economic libertarian who held beliefs nearly identical to Paul and other economic libertarians (except for the belief in modern day keynesian economics) worsened the depression by not intervening in the economy.

How soon we forget.

[The1dle]

Don't compare your corporatist/despotic states of america to all the well working socialist countries in the world...You've been force fed the lie that socialism is the devil and you ate it with no content. In the worlds mind your country is already a living 1984.

Said that, I do belive the best for your country atm would be a semi-disbandment of the government. It's so rotten right now that letting RP have his way at it should clean out most of the crap. Especially your crooked fedbank & IRS.

[whatdead69]

arhhhh welfare gimme gimme gimme

[rgaskey]

Democrats, my fellow Americans, Which candidate for president wants to bring our troops home. Which candidate talks about money, your money? Where did it come from, what does it represent, and what's gonna happen to it? Listen to Ron Paul!

[hooverdog1957]

Welcome to the Socialist States of America Debate. Are Americans out of their minds? Every one wants the government to determine their existence. Welcome to 1984. These people want to allow the government to solve all their problems. No one wants to take responsibility for their own life. We have become a nation of sheep. Give me money because I deserve it, because I exist, because I cannot do for myself. This is exactly how the power elite want you sheep to be. Live free or die.

[duba3988]

Thank you PBS!